International Kashan Umar, Saqib Umar, Asad Ullah and Shakir Ullah marched into next round after securing first round victory in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Open Tennis Championship being played at Synthetic Tennis Courts of the Qayyum sports Complex on Tuesday.
Kashan Umar, a Pakistan No 1 in the U18 category, played well against Shahsawar Khan in the marathon 6-3 and 6-3 battle that lasted for one hour and 25 minute. Both Kashan Umar, who is also going to play in the US Tennis League, and Shahsawar gave each other a tough fight.
Kashan Umar marched into the victory 6-3 and 6-3. Shahsawar played well and gave some resistance but overall Kashan did not give much time with his excellent baseline smashes and forceful service.
In the second match Saqib Umar, who also represented Pakistan in the Junior Davis Cup, played well against his senior and ITF winning international veteran player Israr Gul in a 6-2 and 6-3 battle. Saqib Umar, a promising junior player, played like a rock against Israr Gul in the marathon one hour battle witnessed by a capacity crowd including Senior Vice President Dr. Farhat Abbas and DIG Commandant Tourism Police Gul Said Afridi.—APP
